Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
... Nope. My bad. I went back and did that, after which I was able to run $ guix package -i hello (side-note, how does one do code blocks in this forum?) I now run $ guix package -A lilypond* and see Lilypond 2.19.58, which the current unstable version. The current stable version is 2.18.2. Lilypond alternates between stable and unstable releases, with unstable releases being given odd second version numbers (2.17*, 2.19*). Guix probably has no way of knowing this and doesn't recognize that 2.19.58 is not a stable release. Can Guix be used to access the "older" 2.18.2? Even if not, Guix seems awesome in general and solves some other unrelated problems for me.
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Did you follow step 4? https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Build-Environment-Setup.html#Build-Environment-Setup
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Fair enough. I should had chosen my wording better. What I meant is installation using Guix is completely safe and all the packages there would be OK. Of course that doesn't mean that the bugs that the software has won't be there for Guix. Neither that the Guix packages will have more bugs. Guix packages are as stable as they can be with any other way of installation or a little better, because of the reproducible builds.
[Trisquel-users] Re : getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Use Parabola GNU/Linux if that is what you want. But first read https://wiki.parabola.nu/Rolling_vs._LTS to have an answer to your question, about the drawbacks of rolling releases.
[Trisquel-users] Re : getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Guix allows rollbacks and so on but that does not mean the programs installed through Guix are stable! They is not in the sense that they are recent versions, hence less tested.
[Trisquel-users] Re : deleted ext4 partition
You overwrote with zeros ("if=/dev/zero") the beginning of /dev/sda1
("of=/dev/sda1"), 2048 blocks ("count=2048") of size 1k ("bs=1k"). 2 MB.
Almost nothing! There is much to be rescued if you want to: the other
partitions are intact and a program like PhotoRec can recover almost all
files on /dev/sda1: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
But does /dev/sda1 even contain user data? It makes no sense recovering
system files: reinstall. Now if /dev/sda1 only contains user data, there is
nothing to reinstall: the system is intact.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Studing for a GNU/Linux certification.
C++ is not specific to GNU/Linux. About Shell scripting, you may have to
know what is POSIX and what is not (the "Bashisms").
But, as albertoefg wrote, the exam will certainly focus on the working of an
operating systems in general, on system administration (including the basic
configuration files: /etc/fstab, /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts, /etc/group,
/etc/shadow, etc.) ... maybe server administration but that would be quite
unfair since you do not know what kind of servers (Web?, Mail?, etc.) and
what server in particular (Apache or NGINX?, etc.).
Things definitely missing from albertoefg's list are TCP/IP networks and
commands relating to networking ('ping', 'tracepath', 'ftp', 'wget', etc.)
and POSIX commands for file management ('ls', 'cd', 'mv', 'rm', etc.) and
text processing ('tr', 'cut', 'sort', 'grep', etc.) and their main options.
There may be something on 'sed' (but probably only the 's' command) and/or
AWK because they are very useful and part of POSIX too.
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Thanks. I made it to step 8. When I try to run $ guix package -i glibc-locales I get guile: warning: failed to install locale warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument guix package: error: build failed: the group `guixbuild' specified in `build-users-group' does not exist I get the same error if I skip step 8 and run # guix package -i hello I did not notice any errors during steps 1-7, and I'm not seeing anything when I search for this one. Any ideas?
Re: [Trisquel-users] deleted ext4 partition
Thanks. I reformatted the USB drive and re-burnt the ISO and now I'm able to boot it and am installing.
Re: [Trisquel-users] deleted ext4 partition
Well, you have a backup, so it's not that bad. Reinstall Trisquel, and restore your backup. To boot from your USB drive, just use your BIOS options. You can also use GRUB (edit one of the existing entries).
[Trisquel-users] deleted ext4 partition
I think I screwed up really bad. In following a tutorial on clearing a USB drive using 'dd' I accidentally typed 'sda' instead of 'sdb' and cleared the ext4 partition instead because I am a f*cking idiot. I don't have enough knowledge to know exactly how bad this is, but I believe that I just deleted everything on my disk. The exact command I used was $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=1k count=2048 All of my files are backed up, so I hoped that if I could just manage to install Trisquel again I'd be okay. However, when I select 'Search ISOLINUX Menu (USB)' from the GRUB menu nothing comes up and I am returned to the GRUB menu after a few minutes, so I can't even run Trisquel live let alone install it. The bright side is that I've learned a valuable lesson about running commands before I understand them, but it would be nice to salvage my computer too. How bad is this? What can I do?
Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble configuring nordvpn/openvpn
It's not there unfortunately, I have the unzipped file in downloads and can see all the certificates but none are available in those files you mentioned or others when I'm looking for them through network manager. I tried to extract the files into those folders and get a error message. Synaptic package manager says they are installed. Not sure what I did wrong. I followed the nordvpn instructions properly Thanks for your help.
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
This issue keeps coming up. Why? What is the barrier to keeping already approved software packages updated in the repositories? Why can't the Trisquel project just automatically pull in the software package from the Ubuntu or Debian repositories as soon as those are updated? Is there some self-imposed requirement for a human to personally vet each new update to ensure the software remains libre? If so, that's excessive and the costs to reliability and security outweigh the risk of some unfree code sneaking in.
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Installation.html#Installation
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Guix uses functional programming (Guile) and a mathematical approach to gave reproducible builds no every package is both secure and corruption free. So don't worry Guix packages are completely stable
Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?
bump! still very curious
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Frescobaldi! That's without any doubt the best sounding name I ever heard so far. Amazing.. Frescobaldi, can you savor the beauty of the sound in Frescobaldi? God dammit, I will need to change my name now, and all of my user names to Frescobaldi. Ahh, Frescobaldi.. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Frescobaldi
Re: [Trisquel-users] low priced devices which surveillance you
All Your Baseband Are Belong To Us! http://www.youtube.com/embed/fQqv0v14KKY
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
I'm referring to Guix
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Thanks, I'll try this.
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Is it true that if the version number starts with 0 that it's then in beta?
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
If you're referring to Lilypond, stable versions have an even second number and devel versions have and odd second number. The current stable version is 2.18 and the current devel version is 2.19.
Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?
>Plus, not everyone with with a distro using APT is on Debian. Oh, that was meant for the OP, not you, jxself. OP is on Debian. >And so, contrary to what you seem to be implying, I stand by my position that there are valid use cases for my APT repository. I'm not implying anything other than the what I already explicitly 'explied': there is no better kernel than the one that is optimized to be as stable and compatible as possible for your distro by your distro developers. Same reason Trisquaeullo uses da deblobbed Buguntu kernel and not libre linux. But this is not important. What **is** important is that you don't get me wrong and understand that I truly appreciate your work on the libre linux kernel and do know your work is very needed and useful indeed. I mean it. I did not forget, I am an elephant, how much you helped me with your kernel in the past. And I want to renew my proposal of 'Santo Subito' :) If not santo subito then 'jxself for the president'. :P
Re: [Trisquel-users] What's the best vpn for trisquel
Yeah, it's a very detailed analysis. yw :)
[Trisquel-users] can a website see from which folder firefox uploads a file?
When using webmail or a forum or something like that, we can use an upload feature to send a file from our pc to the website. when we do so, the full path becomes visible in the "upload from" window in those pages. I was thinking, could it be seen by the site? either directly or using a javascript attack to record the temporary input in the said window. is that possible?
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
You could install Guix the package manager, not the distribution, Frescobaldi is part of the repositories and you will get more up-to-date packages :)
[Trisquel-users] getting newer versions of programs/packages in the repository
Many of the packages in the Belenos repository are outdated and I've had to install programs without the package manager. For the most part this is less convenient but not a huge problem. However, I am a beginner and the messiness of doing everything manually is starting to get a little complicated for me. Both Frescobaldi and Lilypond 2.16.2 are in the repository but, I would like to use Lilypond 2.18.2 instead. I installed the latest version from the Lilypond website, but Frescobaldi only recognizes version 2.16.2, which the package manager requires as a dependency for Frescobaldi. Is there a way to force the repository's version of Frescobaldi to use the current version of Lilypond, or will I need to build Frescobaldi myself. Being a beginner, I suspect that there is a smarter way of upgrading/updating programs. I actually thought that the point of the package manager was to do this automatically, until I noticed how many packages are older versions. Am I just using it incorrectly? Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Studing for a GNU/Linux certification.
If it's a standard certification, it's very likely to be the "CompTIA Linux+ Certification" !! Try and get hold of recent(!) Linux+ study guides or workbooks, and then do as much as you can - there pretty tough though !
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free
At the end of 2014 I decided not to need a mobile phone. I watched: 1 https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6249_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201412271715_-_ss7_locate_track_manipulate_-_tobias_engel 2 https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6531_-_en_-_saal_6_-_201412272300_-_ss7map_mapping_vulnerability_of_the_international_mobile_roaming_infrastructure_-_laurent_ghigonis_-_alexandre_de_oliveira
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free
Great resource. Thank you!
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your books?
On the beach again :) Library at the beach https://www.anglet-tourisme.com/diffusio/fr/a-voir-a-faire/ocean-plages/sable/anglet/bibliotheque-des-plages_TFOLOIAQU064FS000IM.php
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your books?
On the road again :) http://www.bibliobus.ch/
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your books?
Art Books! https://archive.org/details/guggenheimmuseum
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your books?
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon I donwloaded interesting articles. http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10097.html And also i just read about "vending library" :0 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22vending+library%22=ffab=1=images=http%3A%2F%2Feditorial.designtaxi.com%2Fnews-books24062013a%2F2.jpg
Re: [Trisquel-users] Studing for a GNU/Linux certification.
How can they certificate you in something you don't even know what is about :/ Anyway, I'll learn more about Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Shell Scripting, and the way a GNU/Linux system works. What type of users can it have, what type of permissions what is /bin/ /dev/ /boot/ /etc/ (I do mean etc) what is ext4 F2fs btrfs ext3 ext2 and file systems in general What is ssh and how to use it What is scp and how to use it What is a kernel What is a shell and which types exist What is a bootloader (grub, syslinux) What is an init (openrc, sysv) What is systemd What is apparmor, SELinux, grsecurity Maybe learn a little bit about telnet. How the kernel works, how it treats memory, what is a system call, what is a process, (I don't know much, but you get the idea) Also things related to LAMP servers. You probably already know all this, but I am trying to be explicit as maybe there is something you don't and it will help you. https://linuxjourney.com/ https://itsfoss.com/learn-linux-for-free/ http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy.pdf http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations In general the arch wiki is great
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free
I have not owned a mobile phone for two years but I encountered the following “inconvinience”: During my holiday my daughter and I were cycling in the Alps in Italy and during a descent she fell. Result: Severe bleeding from the abdomen and 6 teeth missing I sure was glad someone with such a “tracking device” came by to call ambulance. I also could not send an email to my wife because of the recent server downtime of openmailbox Dont get me wrong: I love freesoftware. I only use libreboot computers with parabola, I use openmailbox, I do not own a mobile phone, but this was a little too “inconvinient” or would you say this is a case of “liberty or death”?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions about Libreboot T400 from Minifree
Hi You can email me and ask this too, but I will answer here. Yes, most of them have bluetooth by default, and it works perfectly. I use it myself, sometimes. ~Leah
[Trisquel-users] Studing for a GNU/Linux certification.
Hello Guys. Today id send a request for a technological Gnu/Linux certification in a professional institute from my country. This is a knowledge certification for people who has experience in a certain area outside of formal education and never got any kind of certification for it. This will help me to teach free software and maybe to work in places where they use free software, or even to work with the government in Free Software Migration programs. Here's the thing. Ive been studding very hard from a couple of months to this day, and the told me they will callme when a teacher be available, and then i must go and make the test. I dont know how that test will be, i dont know what kind of teachers this institute has (i know they have some teachers from many universities), i dont know if it will be a written/theorical/practical/whatever test, and of course, i dont know what the hell will they ask me, and i want to be prepared for everything. In my Country at leass de 20% of population has never touched a computer in their lives, and from the people who actually uses a computer daily in life or work, the 95% barely knows how to use MS Office, including young people (also there are a LOT of kids who can perfectly crack any pirated game, but anymore than that). But the people who REALLY knows how to use a computer are scary people (even if there are 1 in a million literally). Almost everything i know from computing and GNU/Linux ive learned by myself, and by every 2 keys i press on my keyboard some friend of mine calls me genius (even if i know im not a genius at all, and still need to learn a lot), and im proud of that, but i fear to find a hard-ass demanding university teacher to certificate me. What do you suggest me to practice, study, read, etc, to forget about the outworld until the day of the test. I barely know programming in c++, but im comfortable with Bash Script and terminal applications. My Actual Desktop is Debian 9.1 DE i3-gaps wm. Im use gnu/linux since ubuntu 8.04 and ive completely remove Windows from all my home's computers since about 4 years ago. I will heard any suggestion.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free
The Zipit is apparently similar to the Pandora: https://www.libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Hardware/Freest#Zipit_Z2.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free
*If* you're making a call, the landline might- but that's not the point. If an individual leaves the house with their cell phone and goes on an outing, the amount of information they have provided to their local telecommunications company is staggering. Firstly, the location metadata. Not literally pin-pointing an individual doesn't make this weaker: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-24/metadata-what-you-found-will-ockenden/6703626 Then, if a modem rootkit is available, anything from audio recordings to gyro or whatnot data- which may very well be sufficient to determine what you type on a keyboard- become available, even if you haven't decided to take a single call. With a landline, by contrast, the most that can be determined is whether or not you have taken any calls placed through, and whether or not you placed any calls: much more reasonable. Of course, the mobile's disadvantage is somewhat the cost of being able to connect whilst moving. However, apart from the obvious fact that this doesn't make it any less surveilling, the network could likely be done slightly better.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel won't boot on a Thinkpad 11E
UEFI is Bios firmware that prevents people from installing Freedom :-( ..or gives them a hard time.. General principles https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI One has to disable certain parametres in the BIOS like disabling secure boot. You might also need to disable "fast startup" inside win 8/10 $ UEFI Change Boot Order Tips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM9UyNcSEU0
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : How to be free
On 10/08/17 02:17, wrote: > Even Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant's main developer, explains in his > conferences that the best solution, in terms of freedom, is to not use > cell phones: > https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Conferences Ha. Because using fixed phones is better. Come on guys, we aren't talking at a bar. This is Internet. All of us are connected through either landlines or microwaves. Which one tracks you to the more exact location? -- Ignacio Agulló · agu...@ati.es
Re: [Trisquel-users] Priority free design hardware for free software people
Personally, I'd like some sort of (low-power) portable server which, as for you, uses a non-geolocalizing network. If it were part of a small PDA-like device with an attached light and e-ink screen... that would be a dream come true. Every computing need I have a laptop cannot satisfy- portable clock, server, on-the-go internet access, and book which you can read in the dark without straining your eyes and trying to wrestle with a badly-postioned booklight- rolled into one. Sigh...
